6 2 0
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Crack the shell, archaeo-linguists.
Let the language breathe a little
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3 1 0
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We can’t chew and swallow/
without the multi-hued glow
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1359 9 5
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Parsimony, Sage Advice, Alimony, and Time.
That would be one.
The Waste Land. The Hollow Men. The Red Wheelbarrow.
There are others,
But I have definite shoe anxiety dreams and can’t get over them.
Do not Go Gently Into That Good Night. Alone
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69 8 4
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We can’t chew and swallow/
without the multi-hued glow
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1178 4 3
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They found your athymic neck/clipped like a bag of Skittles/and your lifeblood left a Rorschach test on the dash/in which they saw the future/and their own exits/(straight ahead and to the right).
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1434 7 3
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see this:/ ink-stained paper/ littering miles
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7 2 0
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this is not some/
sparrow, overfed-
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1160 5 3
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Seeking your will, instead we found, somehow, a clutch of our own documents;
folded under a rubber band gone to rot,
muddy strands nestled in the creases.
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919 5 2
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We head home, skirting along the coast,
humble before catapulting waves;
the lighthouse near invisible
if not for a single band of red.
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1074 1 1
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On this day, a blinding sky
holds ribbed reams of clouds,
staccato against staggering blue.
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881 3 0
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- Of or relating to dreams
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1051 5 2
|
Fingers scrabble idly at pocket seams, forage between teeth, grasp for tepid cups, patter a drumbeat on knees.
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1003 2 2
|
The rain falls soft after a hard weekend.
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64 5 4
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this is not some
sparrow, overfed-
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1 0 0
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locking the door against dangerous//
human curiosity and forgetfulness.
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